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Blame It on the Girls" was released as the second single in the United States and Japan. This was alongside " Rain" being the second single in the United Kingdom, which was released on 23 November. [49] "Blame It on the Girls" was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 15 February 2010. [50] His American promotional tour consisted of live performances on Good Morning America in New York City on 25 September 2009 and the Late Show with David Letterman on 14 October 2009. Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2007 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 15 October 2021. The song "Good Gone Girl" charted within the Romanian Top 100 on airplay only, without being released as a single. [30] a b c "IFPI Swiss Certifications" (in German). hitparade.ch International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 6 August 2011. American single certifications – Mika – Grace Kelly". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 9 January 2015.

How Mika sold 10m albums… then reinvented himself as an award-winning TV star". Music Business Worldwide. 27 October 2017 . Retrieved 11 October 2022. Coffret collector pour la Happiness Bottle de Mika". cocacolaweb.fr/ (in French) . Retrieved 8 January 2023. The discography of Mika, an English pop singer-songwriter, consists of five studio albums, four live albums, two compilation albums, nine extended plays, thirty-six singles, thirty-one music videos, and four video albums. As of 2017, Mika has sold over 20 million records. [1]

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World's best entertainment shows honoured at 56th Rose d'Or Awards". www.ebu.ch. 19 September 2017. Winehouse and Lewis head charts". BBC News. 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009 . Retrieved 14 October 2015. The song is titled after Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress, and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly. The bit of dialogue used in the song is from the film The Country Girl, which stars Kelly. Mika claims the song was inspired after a bad experience with a record company executive, in which he was told to be more like Craig David. [3] The lyric "So I tried a little Freddie" is a reference to Queen's Freddie Mercury, to whose singing voice Mika's has been compared. [4] On at least one occasion, Mika confirmed that he used the main melody from Figaro's famous aria " Largo al factotum", from the opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini. [5] Mika performed the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 in Munich and at the 2008 BRIT Awards at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, where it was nominated for Best British Single, but lost to " Shine" by Take That. [6] The song has sold over 630,000 copies in the UK, as stated by the Official Charts Company. a b c McCaffrey, Julie (29 January 2007). "MIKA TEENAGE PRODIGY OF THE ROYAL OPERA". mirror . Retrieved 2 November 2022. The album was originally titled We Are Golden after the first single from the album, " We Are Golden". On 20 July 2009 in an on-air interview with DJ Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, Mika revealed he was considering renaming the album, because he wanted "something a little more ridiculous". [45] On 6 August 2009 it was confirmed that the album's title would change to The Boy Who Knew Too Much. [46]

Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2021. Mika estrena el primer single de "We Are Golden", su segundo álbum". LT24 Radio San Nicolágs (in Spanish). 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012 . Retrieved 3 July 2012. Quand Mika rencontre Alexandra Lamy". parismatch.com (in French). 13 February 2023 . Retrieved 11 July 2023. On 17 January 2014, Mika took part in the Italian television show Le Invasioni Barbariche on La7, and performed a duet with the Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Dario Fo of the song " Ho visto un Re", written by Fo and played by Enzo Jannacci. [69] That same evening, Mika was presented with a platinum disc for the album Songbook Vol. 1. Rapports Annuels 2007". Ultratop. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019 . Retrieved 7 November 2020.Shepherd, Fiona (21 September 2009). "CD review: Mika— The Boy Who Knew Too Much— Scotsman.com News". News.scotsman.com. Edinburgh . Retrieved 27 September 2009. On 10 October 2007, Mika began his Dodgy Holiday Tour, playing at venues across Europe. On 17 November 2007, Mika started the UK leg of his tour in Glasgow, Scotland, with support from Palladium. The North American leg of his tour began in January 2008 with support from The Midway State and Creature and continued through February with a stop in Los Angeles for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, where he was nominated for "Best Dance Recording" for his song "Love Today". [39] MIKA stands #WithRefugees. YouTube. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020 . Retrieved 18 December 2019. {{ cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Jaaroverzichten – Album 2008". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012 . Retrieved 7 November 2020.